Villarreal vs Athletic Bilbao Live Stream, Predictions

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Villarreal

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Villarreal are hoping to win again following the 1-2 La Liga triumph vs Getafe.

In that game, Villarreal managed 44% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. For Villarreal, the goals were scored by Ayoze Pérez (15') and Thierno Barry (33'). Getafe got 11 shots at goal with 4 on target. Carles Pérez (29') was the scorer for Getafe.

It has been all too rare in recent times that Villarreal haven’t conceded. The reality is that Villarreal have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 6 goals on the way. That being said, we’ll just have to find out whether such a trend might be maintained here in this match or not.

Analysis of their past results shows that Villarreal:

• have not registered a win against Athletic Bilbao in their previous 3 league games.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 matches in the league.

Athletic Bilbao

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Previously, Athletic Bilbao drew 0-0 in the La Liga tie with Osasuna.

In that match, Athletic Bilbao managed 62% possession and 11 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. On the other side, Osasuna got 6 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

Throughout their six most recent matches, Ernesto Valverde's Athletic Bilbao have found the back of the net a total of 6 times, giving them the goals scored per game average of 1.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 09/04/2022 shows us that Villarreal have won 1 of these & Athletic Bilbao 3, with the number of draws being 2.

A sum of 18 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 9 of them from El Submarino Amarillo and 9 for Los Leones. That’s an average goals per game of 3.

The previous league game between these clubs was La Liga match day 16 on 08/12/2024 when the final score was Athletic Bilbao 2-0 Villarreal.

On that occasion, Athletic Bilbao managed 42% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The goalscorers were Aitor Paredes (15') and Iñaki Williams (69').

Villarreal got 11 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Víctor García Verdura.

🗞️ Team News: Villarreal

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just the sole fitness concern for the Villarreal boss Marcelino García Toral to contend with from of an almost fully healthy squad. Ilias Akhomach (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t play.

📰 Team News: Athletic Bilbao

Athletic Bilbao boss Ernesto Valverde has multiple availability issues to deal with. Aitor Paredes (Hamstring injury), Oihan Sancet (Hamstring injury) and Dani Vivian (Hamstring injury) will miss out on this game.

⚡ Prediction

Our thinking is that Athletic Bilbao are likely to score a goal against this Villarreal lineup, but that probably shouldn’t be enough to prevent defeat.

Our tip is for a close game with a 2-1 win for Villarreal at full-time. Let’s just see how this one goes.

Victor Martins, 12:04 04/04/2025